Paul, Thanks again for the feedback. See my replies inline. Jon
On Apr 9, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Paul Hastings wrote: > > ok, but maybe you could add this as a note somewhere--it's the > first thing i > wondered about. also i forgot to ask what the default units are? > lat/long? Good point. I'll make sure that's defined somewhere for the user. Yes, default units are lat/lon. >> Dealing with projection, as an option, is >> beyond the scope of the average user. > > well i'm an "average" user & i have lots of GPS data in several > different coord > systems ;-) Good point. I guess I'm projecting my own world-view a bit there. I'll have to noodle on that. >> That being said, I'm certainly open to looking at it again if it >> becomes a feature that users want to see. > > if you do, esri's public webservice (free) has functions to do > coord transforms. > they work well. I actually looked at using ESRI's public services (and Yahoo as well) as an option for the maps and some data services, but decided to go with GPSBabel & Google Maps on the basis of raw speed. I'll definitely think about that as an option for dealing with projections. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274922 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
